{"id":154515,"date":"2022-04-11T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdcmainprod.wpengine.com\/company-info\/usps\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T19:37:08","slug":"usps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/company-info\/usps\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-u-s-postal-service-approval\">U.S. Postal Service Approval<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Stamps.com is approved by the USPS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> to allow customers to buy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/mail\/print-stamps-online\/\">print postage<\/a> online. The company is a participant in the USPS\u2019s Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP), an initiative spearheaded by the Postal Technology Management group at the Postal Service. The USPS acts a regulator of financial and security protocols established by Stamps.com and engages in extensive testing of Stamps.com\u2019s software and systems to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stamps.com successfully completed a required 10-step approval process with the USPS for the company\u2019s original online postage solution, Internet Postage. This rigorous 10-step process took over 2 years to complete and ensured that Stamps.com meets the most stringent security and financial requirements of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2002, Stamps.com received commercial approval from the USPS for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/how-to-print-netstamps\/\">NetStamps<\/a> service. The NetStamps service is the first service available on the market that allows users to print online postage from home or the office, which is not tied to a mailing date or a delivery address and can be used just like regular stamps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Postal Service Approval Stamps.com is approved by the USPS\u00ae to allow customers to buy and print postage online. The company is a participant in the USPS\u2019s Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP), an initiative spearheaded by the Postal Technology Management group at the Postal Service. 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